Taqwa has nothing to do with judgment or perfection. We can leave these connotations out.

Taqwa comes from the Arabic word “weqaya”, meaning protection. We protect ourselves, our physical and spiritual existence, through taqwa, through living an examined life, through being conscious of God.

Having or struggling to have taqwa
is an act of selfishness that God asks from us.

God tells us what will
harm us and therefore to stay away from it. And God, having created us
and knowing us better than we know ourselves, tells us what will benefit
us and therefore to run to it...

God-consciousness is the core of taqwa
because God-consciousness is acknowledging, feeling, and realizing
God’s presence at all times, and knowing that He is looking after you
and knows what you are doing and even what your soul whispers to you.

This
feeling results in trying to go through life according to God’s orders
and being ashamed of doing wrong in His presence, which is at all times.

So a person who hastaqwa tries to avoid both things that displease God and things that may harm himself or others.

Taqwa and Divine Love

For centuries, philosophers and writers have tried to explore divine love but
found that there are some feelings that just cannot be translated into
words, especially when a person moves to higher degrees of divine love.

Divine love requires commitment and steadfastness.

Divine
love in Islam is not a type of superficial love but it is considered a
mutual genuine feeling between God and man, which is referred to in the
Quran...

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5 Benefits of Adopting Taqwa from the Qur’an

1. Ease in matters

“And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him ease in his matter.” (Quran 65:4)

Almighty Allah mentions the above verse in Surah At-Talaq where the
guidelines of the worst of permissible deeds i.e. divorce are discussed.
The Quran in its majestic style and wisdom alternates these injunctions
with the virtues of Taqwa. Whoever has Taqwa, Allah makes matters easy
for him in this world as well as the next. This does not necessarily
mean that the person will not face difficulty, but through the blessings
of his Taqwa, he is guaranteed ease and the strength to bear these
difficulties without losing faith or hope.

2. A way out of problems and difficulties

“And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out.” (Quran 65:2)

Taqwa serves as a divine guard against trials of this world as well
as the difficulties of the hereafter. We see an example of this in the
Quran where, in the story of Khidr (alayhissalam), it was the righteous
nature of the father that saved his sons from loss even after his death.
The Quran says: “As for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the
town; and there was under it a treasure belonging to them; and their
father was a righteous man, and their Lord intended that they should
attain their age of full strength and take out their treasure as a mercy
from your Lord (Quran 18:82). Muhammad ibn al Munkadir (rahimahullah)
says: “It is because of the piety and righteousness of a servant that
Allah protects his children and the children of his children and his
family and even the homes built around his home.” (Tafsir Mazhari)

3. Unexpected sustenance

“And He will provide for him from sources he could never imagine.” (Quran 65:3)

Almighty Allah is the creator, sustainer and nourisher of the
universe. Whatever a person requires and desires of sustenance can be
found in His vast treasures. The divine promise is that the God-fearing
will be sustained from sources they would never perceive to receive
sustenance from. The Noble Quran reiterates this in another verse: “And
if the people of the towns believed and had Taqwa, certainly We should
have opened for them blessings from the heavens and the earth.” (Quran
7:96)

4. Ability to distinguish truth from falsehood

“O you who believe! If you fear Allah, He will grant you a criterion (furqan).” (Quran 8:29)

When a believer sees to it that his obedience to Allah and love for
him stay above everything else, he is gifted by Allah with furqan (such
insight that leaves no doubt between truth and falsehood). Every matter
becomes clear in his mind and when he is faced with confusing situations
of the heart, he will be guided to the light. In the Noble Quran, the
day of the Battle of Badr has been termed “Yawm-al-Furqan” (the day of
distinction). This was a decisive day in the history of Islam that
proved that no enemy can destroy a people who have the support of Allah
and such individuals will be successful in all missions they undertake.

5. Tranquility

“It is He (Allah) who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers.” (Quran 48:4)

Calmness and tranquility are sought after states in the daily
rat-race of life. These are bounties from Allah which are specifically
focused towards the hearts of the true believers. People seek solace in
material items, sports, relationships and some even seek it in sin and
vice, whereas the true solace that the heart craves can only be acquired
from the creator of the heart himself. When a servant attaches his
heart, actions, longings and aspirations to Allah, Almighty Allah sees
to his affairs and keeps him in a state of peace which even those with
abundant worldly wealth envy. The Quran says: “Those who believed and
whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allah. Unquestionably, by
the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured.” (Quran 13:28)

Besides the above benefits of adopting Taqwa, the Lord of great
bounty has many more long term benefits in store for the righteous
believers. The high status of the people of Taqwa is mentioned in
various verses of the Noble Quran, one of which will suffice for all.

“For those who have Taqwa there is Triumph (Paradise).” (Quran 78:31)

A frequent supplication of the
Messenger of Allah ﷺ was: “O Allah! Instill righteousness in my soul,
and purify it as You are the best to purify it, You are its Guardian and
Protecting Friend.”(Muslim)

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